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Between Philosophy and History : The Resurrection of Speculative Philosophy of History within the Analytic Tradition /

This work provides a welcome antidote to some of the distortions and biases which the two dominant schools of Anglo-American philosophical thinking, logical positivism and ordinary language analysis have introduced into the philosophy of history in the past three or four decades. In particular, it c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fain, Haskell (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Colección:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1706
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • I. Introduction: Some Anglo-Saxon Philosophical Attitude
  • II. The Alienation of Philosophy from History
  • III. Philosophy as the Search for Criteria of Intelligibility
  • IV. Philosophy of History as the Search for Criteria of Historical Intelligibility
  • V. Divergent Opinions of Philosophy and History
  • VI Philosophical and Historical Questions About the Past
  • VII. Skepticism: Benign and Malignant
  • VIII. Use and Abuse of Skepticism in Philosophy of History
  • IX. Decision Procedures and Concept Formation
  • X. Evidence, Knowledge, and Belief
  • XI. Decision Procedures and Conceptual Change
  • XII. Speculative and Analytical Philosophy of History
  • XIII. The Whole Truth about History
  • XIV. History as Story
  • XV. History as Science
  • XVI. Epilogue: The Covering Law Model of Historical Explanation
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • INDEX